Business Advisory

 

Business advisory

Our experience allows us to offer a variety of services supported by alliances of hi-tech companies that automate processes for you. We manage and minimize the risks to which your business is exposed to in relation with corporate finance, resource optimization, fraud and corruption, and internal audit.

 

We bring our experience to support you. We use technological tools for information analyses and project management and control to which we optimize the execution of our work.

 

Our advisory solutions:

Internal audit services

Internal audit function through collaborative schemes to comply with the annual review program:

  • Various types of audits executed remotely or in-site, or both.
  • Audit performance under a risk-based approach and the use of hi-tech tools
  • Assessment on design and operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, in compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
  • Optimization of the Internal Audit function
Forensic services

We have our Certified Fraud Examiners and experts in forensic investigation and accounting available to you, to identify and quantify damages and risks that affect your assets or your company’s operations:

  • Background investigations of individuals and corporations to identify risks in transactions (labor or investment) and of reputational nature.
  • Fraud and corruption risk assessments based on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for US companies in Mexico, and assess performance of their officials, their operating environment and review their controls and anti-corruption policies.
  • Forensic accounting as part of a fraud investigation or insurance claim process.
  • Mining and data analysis for the identification of anomalous transactions and trends or of potential risk for an entire entity or a specific department.
  • Our anonymous, confidential, and secure hot line so that employees, clients, and suppliers can report irregularities or violations. Likewise, handling further investigations therefrom.
Corporate governance, risk, and compliance

We implement the suitable methodology to make your processes more efficient: information, controls, resources and technologies as to avoid reprocessing, redundancies, and operational and administrative failures; managing risk and complying with applicable standards.

 

  • Implementation of diagnosis and management technological solutions: GRCMAX® and SoftExpert®
  • Business process management
    • Process modelling using Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN)
    • Process automation using Business Process Management Suite (BPMS)
    • Enterprise Architecture Management (IT architecture)
  • Diagnosis of risk management systems and advisory on the adoption of best practices and controls in accordance with international standards
    • Design and implementation of risk management systems
    • Surveys to assess corporate risks and organizational climate analysis.
  • Diagnosis of internal control systems and advisory on the adoption of best practices and controls in accordance with international standards
    • Design, standardization and documentation of policies and business processes
    • Implementation, evaluation and strengthening of internal control systems
  • Improvement of business management processes
  • PMO/PMI project management advisory 
  • Training, certifications and education on Governance, Risk and Compliance
Corporate finance

We assist you in creating tailor-made strategic and business plans for local and foreign investors.

 

  • Advisory on business acquisitions
    • Financial, fiscal, legal, and internal controls due diligence, including IT
    • Business valuations under market conditions and analysis of risks and sensitivities
    • Tax advice on M&A activity
  • Design suitable structures from the tax and corporate perspectives
  • Budgeting and financial analysis that determine:
  • Zero-based budgeting
  • Break-even analysis
  • Investment projects assessment through valuations, cash flows estimates and rates of return
  • Generation of added economic value
  • Financial projections
IT services
  • Data analytics through technological tools, financial or social engineering analysis for decision-making processes
  • Implementation of technological platforms with tools that are necessary to guarantee the protection of information, the automation of processes, documentation, and vertical solutions such as GRC, CE and ERP
  • Information security. Cybersecurity diagnosis through penetration tests (PenTests), social engineering and compliance reviews
  • IT forensic services. Review of devices and sources of company information
  • Best practices for compliance with regulations such as COBIT, ITL and NOM-035

Lead Partner

Miguel del Olmo

Business Advisory Lead Partner